WARREN ELLIS is a graphic novelist and author of the NYT best-selling novel GUN MACHINE. His graphic novel GLOBAL FREQUENCY is being developed for television by Jerry Bruckheimer and FOX. He is the writer of the graphic novel RED, adapted into the film starring Bruce Willis and Helen Mirren. His next book is NORMAL from FSG.

Your PLANETARY #27 Update

Published March 3, 2009 by Warren Ellis

I wrote PLANETARY #27 two years ago.

As fas as I know, John’s still working on the art. Once he’s done, I imagine Laura will colour it.

Should anything change, the news will appear here. If you see no news about PLANETARY #27 here, assume nothing has changed.

25 Comments

Eric TF Bat

Bet you’re regretting macheteing John’s hands off and making him draw with his teeth NOW, aren’t you!

March 3, 2009

Evan Canadian

Fffffffffffffuuuuuuuuuuuuuccccccccccckkkkkkkk!

I see Planetary #27 in the headline, my heart skips a beat. Then I actually read the post, and the news is… no news. Gaarrghh! Have some sympathy, Mr. Ellis! It’s like you delight in torturing your loyal fans… (oh, wait…)

totally awesome guy

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March 5, 2009

Stereophone

I Still Dreaming in thein the Number 27 of Planetary like the dreamer of Ayres Rock!
It’s a strange world. Let’s keep it that way.(Warren Ellis)

March 11, 2009

john

It seems like Planetary #27 might never be published. It has been two years since the writing was finished. Could you leak the script Mr. Ellis? If the book is never going to come out I would prefer to know how the story ends, even in an incomplete form.

March 12, 2009

Warren Ellis

If John tells me he’s drawing it, and the office tell me they’ve seen pages, then he’s most certainly drawing it and they’ve most certainly seen pages. Get a grip, man.

March 12, 2009

john

Thats great news! I am too accustomed to a long delay leading to the death of a project. But now I’m curious in your personal stance, not specifically for Planetary. If a series that you finished writing were officially cancelled before the end of its run would you make the script public for the readers?

I had a dream a couple of months ago in which I saw #27 on the shelves, but the douche behind the till wouldn’t sell it to me. Eventually I beat him to death with a model of Mjolnir, and walked out with the book, but woke up before I could read it. So close!

Evolution13

You’re making too much money Mr. Ellis! You don’t want my money for the fourth hardcover and the second Absolute? Anyway Planetary #18 did good for me, I have not reread a comic book, immediately after the first read, since I bought the oversized danish editions of the DK Returns series many years ago, but with “The Gun Club”, I found the excitement that one can only find in comic books, few only find that excitement once, even fewer find it twice – So thank you for that! But still, it would be nice to read #27 before my neural network dies by the un-merciful sword of time………..I’ll return to my beer drinking now……

Just want to add my “vote”: Planetary is my favorite miniseries like ever. A ripping yarn that could only be done as a comic, I believe. And, as an old fart, love the Fantastic Four parody (in the literary sense) underlying it.

Y’know, Warren has absolutely nothing to do with it at this point. John Cassaday is the artist, and it’s his schedule, ability and inclination to work on it that influence the release date now. There’s nothing anyone else can do about it. Even if he WANTED to release the script online, Warren still wouldn’t. At the very least it would damage his relationship with the book’s publisher, and just be an altogether dick move to undercut them like that. Especially for something that is in no way their fault. Anyhow, what’s the hurry for the series to end? You’ll miss it when it’s gone anyway. Try to enjoy all the plethora of other comics Warren and others are doing now.